五月憂し吸取紙に吸ひ取らす　　小林貴子

gogatsu ushi suitorigami ni suitorasu

            May melancholy

            I let a blotting paper

            absorb it

                                                Takako Kobayashi

from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo